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| Name = Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors |
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| type = single |
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| artist = [[Editors (band)|Editors]] |
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| Released = June 18, 2007 (UK)<br />June 26, 2007 (US) |
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| album = [[An End Has a Start]] |
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* "An Eye for an Eye" |
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| Genre = [[Indie rock]], [[alternative rock]] |
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* "Some Kind of Spark" |
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| Length = 4:57 |
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* "The Picture" |
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| Label = [[Kitchenware Records]] (UK)<br/>[[Epic Records]] (US)<br />[[The Fader|FADER Label]] (US) |
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| released = {{start date|2007|6|18|df=y}} |
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| Writer = [[Editors (band)|Editors]] |
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| Producer = [[Jacknife Lee]] |
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| studio = [[Grouse Lodge]] ([[Rosemount, County Westmeath|Rosemount]], Ireland) |
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| Last single = "[[All Sparks]]"<br />(2006) |
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* [[Indie rock]] |
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| This single = "'''Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors'''"<br />(2007) |
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* [[alternative rock]] |
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| Next single = "[[An End Has a Start (song)|An End Has a Start]]"<br />(2007) |
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| length = 4:57 |
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| label = [[Kitchenware Records|Kitchenware]] |
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| writer = |
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* [[Tom Smith (Editors musician)|Tom Smith]] |
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* [[Chris Urbanowicz]] |
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* [[Russell Leetch]] |
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* [[Ed Lay]] |
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| producer = [[Jacknife Lee]] |
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| prev_title = [[All Sparks]] |
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| prev_year = 2006 |
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| next_title = [[An End Has a Start (song)|An End Has a Start]] |
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| next_year = 2007 |
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"'''Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors'''" is the first single from [[Editors (band)|Editors]]' second album ''[[An End Has a Start]]''. It was released as a digital download on |
"'''Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors'''" is the first single from English [[rock music|rock]] band [[Editors (band)|Editors]]' second album, ''[[An End Has a Start]]'' (2007). It was released as a digital download on 11 June 2007 and as a physical single through [[CD single|CD]] and [[Gramophone record|vinyl]] on 18 June 2007 in the United Kingdom. It peaked at number seven on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in its first week of physical release and became a moderate to minor hit in Belgium, Ireland, and the Netherlands. A single was also released in the US on 26 June 2007. The song was set to debut on [[Zane Lowe]]'s show on 30 April; however, the song leaked on the internet a few days preceding. |
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==Production== |
==Production== |
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The song was recorded at [[Grouse Lodge]], under the supervision of producer [[Jacknife Lee]]. Lead vocals, rhythm guitar and piano were provided by Tom Smith, lead guitar and synth by [[Chris Urbanowicz]], bass guitar by [[Russell Leetch]] and percussion by [[Ed Lay]]. Smith and Lay were also part of the choir, along with producer Jacknife Lee, [[audio engineer]] Tom McFall and singer Anne Struther, all of whom were chosen purely because they were in the studio at the time.<ref name="sixmusic">6 Music presents Editors, [[BBC 6 Music]]. ([ |
The song was recorded and produced at [[Grouse Lodge|Grouse Lodge Studios]], Ireland, under the supervision of producer [[Jacknife Lee]]. Lead vocals, rhythm guitar and piano were provided by Tom Smith, lead guitar and synth by [[Chris Urbanowicz]], bass guitar by [[Russell Leetch]] and percussion by [[Ed Lay]]. Smith and Lay were also part of the choir, along with producer Jacknife Lee, [[audio engineer]] Tom McFall and singer Anne Struther, all of whom were chosen purely because they were in the studio at the time.<ref name="sixmusic">6 Music presents Editors, [[BBC 6 Music]]. ([https://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/events/hub/ Hub performance index]). Retrieved on 28 June 2007.</ref><ref name="liner">{{cite AV media notes | title = An End Has a Start | title-link = An End Has a Start | others = [[Editors (band)|Editors]] | year = 2007 | type = Insert | publisher = [[Kitchenware Records]] | location = [[Newcastle-upon-Tyne]]}}</ref> When performed live, the choir vocals are provided by Smith, Lay and Leetch, rather than using a pre-recorded [[backing track]].<ref name="sixmusic"/> |
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| title = An End Has a Start | titlelink = An End Has a Start | others = Editors | year = 2007 | type = Insert | publisher = [[Kitchenware Records]] | id = | location = [[Newcastle-upon-Tyne]]}}</ref> When performed live, the choir vocals are provided by Smith, Lay and Leetch, rather than using a pre-recorded [[backing track]].<ref name="sixmusic"/> |
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==Structure== |
==Structure== |
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The intro of the song is an unaccompanied drum beat played for 8 seconds, at which point the lead vocals and piano, both by [[Tom Smith (musician)|Tom Smith]], enter. The piano part plays a continual [[chord progression|progression]] of three chords: G, C and E minor. At the end of the first verse, the piano is replaced by a short guitar solo, by [[Chris Urbanowicz]], which continues the progression. The second verse returns to piano, which [[segue]]s into a distorted rhythm guitar part for the chorus. |
The intro of the song is an unaccompanied drum beat played for 8 seconds, at which point the lead vocals and piano, both by [[Tom Smith (Editors musician)|Tom Smith]], enter. The piano part plays a continual [[chord progression|progression]] of three chords: G, C and E minor. At the end of the first verse, the piano is replaced by a short guitar solo, by [[Chris Urbanowicz]], which continues the progression. The second verse returns to piano, which [[segue]]s into a distorted rhythm guitar part for the chorus. |
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The chorus itself has two parts: the first part is four lines long and uses the chord progression of D, E minor, A minor, while the second part is two lines long, but repeated twice, and uses G, D, E minor, C. After the second chorus, the song enters a [[bridge (music)|bridge]], consisting of just piano and vocals, with a faint synthesised accompaniment. Following the end of the vocal part, the song moves into a [[Break (music)|break]] as a bass guitar enters, |
The chorus itself has two parts: the first part is four lines long and uses the chord progression of D, E minor, A minor, while the second part is two lines long, but repeated twice, and uses G, D, E minor, C. After the second chorus, the song enters a [[bridge (music)|bridge]], consisting of just piano and vocals, with a faint synthesised accompaniment. Following the end of the vocal part, the song moves into a [[Break (music)|break]] as a bass guitar enters, leading up to a reprise of the guitar solo, accompanied by a [[choir]] who repeat the lyrics of the bridge. The song ends with Smith singing the second part of the chorus, accompanied by the lead guitar, with an abrupt fade out on the final syllable. |
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==Music video== |
==Music video== |
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<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Smokersgirlwater.png|thumb|250px|left|The young girl running across the river [[Vltava]].]] -->The music video for "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors" was filmed in and around [[Prague]] on the [[Vltava]],<ref name="Prague">{{cite web|url=http://www.sonybmgmusic.co.uk/news/5621/16/|title=Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors |
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Smokersgirlwater.png|thumb|250px|left|The young girl running across the river [[Vltava]].]] -->The music video for "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors" was filmed in and around [[Prague]] on the [[Vltava]],<ref name="Prague">{{cite web|url=http://www.sonybmgmusic.co.uk/news/5621/16/|title=Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors – video exclusive|publisher=[[Sony BMG]]|accessdate=20 May 2007}}</ref> and depicts, in a nonlinear manner, a young girl with the ability to walk on water escaping from a hospital, escaping via railway lines, a [[red light district]] and a [[Romani people|Romani]] encampment to the river Vltava where she attempts to row away, only to run back across the water surface to avoid a police boat, all intercut with clips of Editors playing the song in an abandoned ship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonybmg.com.au/news/details.do?newsId=20030829004602|title=Editors Return With New Album + Video|publisher=[[Sony BMG]]|date=5 June 2007|accessdate=28 June 2007}}</ref> The video ends with [[Tom Smith (Editors musician)|Tom Smith]] at a [[dockyard]] meeting the girl, who runs away in fright.<ref name="making">{{cite episode|title=Editors – Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors|series=[[Making the Video]]|airdate=22 June 2007|station=[[MTV2 Europe]]}}</ref> |
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The woman that helps hide the runaway, presumably a prostitute (the woman), changes in appearance. The runaway's hood is alternately flipped up and down and the dog that runs with her might also be different in different scenes. This is all to signify that the runaway has escaped many times before. |
The woman that helps hide the runaway, presumably a prostitute (the woman), changes in appearance. The runaway's hood is alternately flipped up and down and the dog that runs with her might also be different in different scenes. This is all to signify that the runaway has escaped many times before. |
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The video was directed by Siggi Kinski and Stefán Árni Þorgeirsson of production company Arni & Kinski, who based the video on a bad childhood experience of a hospital.<ref name="NMEGlasto">{{cite news|title=NME Chart Show| |
The video was directed by Siggi Kinski and Stefán Árni Þorgeirsson of production company Arni & Kinski, who based the video on a bad childhood experience of a hospital.<ref name="NMEGlasto">{{cite news|title=NME Chart Show|website=[[NME]]|date=23 June 2007}}</ref> The video was originally to be filmed in [[London]]. After this proved prohibitively expensive, production moved to Prague with an entirely new cast.<ref name="making"/> |
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==Reception== |
==Reception== |
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Most initial reviews were positive: ''[[NME]]'' described the song as "audacious, certainly, and very good to boot", adding that "Editors have found their life force in death itself",<ref>{{cite news|title=NME Track reviews| |
Most initial reviews were positive: ''[[NME]]'' described the song as "audacious, certainly, and very good to boot", adding that "Editors have found their life force in death itself",<ref>{{cite news|title=NME Track reviews|website=NME|date=26 May 2007}}</ref> while MusicOMH stated that "at 5 minutes long it's worth every second."<ref name="OMH">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicomh.com/singles/editors-4_0607.htm|title=Editors - Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors|publisher=MusicOMH|accessdate=28 June 2007}}</ref> However, some reviews were less favourable; Stereogum described the song as "mildly warmed over post-[[Coldplay]] [[arena rock]]" and described the percussion of the song as the "incessant, downbeat crash cymbal bashing of every band trying to sound 'big'."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/5270/new_editors_smokers_outside_the_hospital_doors/mp3/|title=Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors|publisher=Stereogum|date=2 May 2007|accessdate=28 June 2007}}</ref> |
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==Track listings== |
==Track listings== |
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'''UK CD single''' {{small|(SKCD93)}}<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors|others=Editors|year=2007|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=Kitchenware Records|id=SKCD93}}</ref> |
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# "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors" |
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# "An Eye for an Eye" |
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'''UK 7-inch single''' {{small|(SKX932)}}<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors|others=Editors|year=2007|type=UK 7-inch single sleeve|publisher=Kitchenware Records|id=SKX932}}</ref> |
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'''Digital download:''' |
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:A. "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors" |
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:B. "Some Kind of Spark" |
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'''UK limited-edition 7-inch single''' {{small|(SKX93)}}<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors|others=Editors|year=2007|type=UK limited 7-inch single sleeve|publisher=Kitchenware Records|id=SKX93}}</ref> |
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'''UK CD single:''' <small>SKXCD93</small> |
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:A. "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors" |
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* Card sleeve |
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:B. "The Picture" |
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# "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors" – 4:56 |
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# "An Eye for an Eye" – 4:25 |
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'''European CD single''' {{small|(P.I.L. 086CD)}}<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors|others=Editors|year=2007|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=[[PIAS Recordings]]|id=P.I.L. 086CD, 449.3086.122}}</ref> |
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# "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors" |
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# "An Eye for an Eye" |
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# "The Picture" |
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# "Some Kind of Spark" |
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'''US CD single''' {{small|(88697 12171 2)}}<ref name="uscd">{{cite AV media notes|title=Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors|others=Editors|year=2007|type=US CD single liner notes|publisher=Kitchenware Records, [[Epic Records]], [[The Fader|FADER]]|id=88697 12171 2}}</ref> |
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'''7" vinyl #1:''' <small>SKX932</small> |
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# "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors" – 4:55 |
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# "An Eye for an Eye" – 4:22 |
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# "The Picture" – 3:48 |
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==Credits and personnel== |
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'''7" vinyl #2:''' <small>SKX93</small> |
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Credits are adapted from the US CD single and ''[[An End Has a Start]]'' liner notes.<ref name="uscd"/><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=An End Has a Start|others=Editors|year=2007|type=UK CD album liner notes|publisher=Kitchenware Records|id=KWCD37}}</ref> |
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* Clear vinyl, shiny metallic cover with silver sleeve, limited to 10,000 copies |
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# "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors" – 4:56 |
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# "The Picture" – 3:50 |
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'''Studios''' |
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'''US CD single:''' <small>88697 12171 2</small> |
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* Recorded and produced at Grouse Lodge Studios ([[Rosemount, County Westmeath|Rosemount]], Ireland) |
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* Regular jewel case |
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* Mixed at [[Olympic Studios]] (London, England) |
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# "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors" – 4:56 |
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# "An Eye for an Eye" – 4:25 |
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# "The Picture" – 3:50 |
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'''Personnel''' |
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'''European CD single:''' <small>P.I.L.086CD 449.3086.122</small> |
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* Slimline jewel case |
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# "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors" (Radio Edit) – 4:56 |
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* [[Tom Smith (Editors musician)|Tom Smith]] – writing |
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# "An Eye for an Eye" – 4:25 |
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* [[Chris Urbanowicz]] – writing |
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* [[Russell Leetch]] – writing |
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# "Some Kind of Spark" – 4:26 |
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* [[Ed Lay]] – writing |
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* Jacknife Lee – production, recording, programming |
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* Tom McFall – recording, engineering |
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* Jon Gray – recording |
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* Sam Bell – recording, additional programming and engineering |
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* Dani Castelar – recording assistant |
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* [[Cenzo Townsend]] – mixing |
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* Neil Comber – mixing assistant |
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* [[Idris Khan]] – cover artwork |
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* [[Tom Hingston]] Studio – design and art direction |
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==Charts== |
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'''Kitchenware Promo:''' <small>SKCD93P</small> |
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* Card sleeve |
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# "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors" (Radio Edit) – 4:09 |
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# "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors" (Full) – 4:56 |
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===Weekly charts=== |
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'''FADER Promo:''' <small></small> |
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* Slimline jewel case |
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|+Weekly chart performance for "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors" |
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!scope="col"|Chart (2007) |
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# "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors" (Full) – 4:56 |
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!scope="col"|Peak<br />position |
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{{single chart|Flanders|47|artist=Editors|song=Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors|rowheader=true|accessdate=24 March 2019}} |
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{{single chart|Wallonia Tip|7|artist=Editors|song=Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors|rowheader=true|accessdate=24 March 2019}} |
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{{single chart|Ireland3|39|artist=Editors|rowheader=true|accessdate=27 January 2020}} |
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{{single chart|Dutch100|89|artist=Editors|song=Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors|rowheader=true|accessdate=24 March 2019}} |
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!scope="row"|Poland ([[Polish music charts|ZPAV]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lp3.polskieradio.pl/utwor/artykul1892,868_smokers_outside_the_hospital_doors.aspx |title=Lista Przebojów Trójki - Polskie Radio Online |access-date=20 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328184108/http://lp3.polskieradio.pl/utwor/artykul1892,868_smokers_outside_the_hospital_doors.aspx |archive-date=28 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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{{single chart|Scotland|4|date=20070630|rowheader=true|accessdate=24 March 2019}} |
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{{single chart|UK|7|date=20070630|rowheader=true|accessdate=24 March 2019}} |
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===Year-end charts=== |
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==Personnel== |
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'''Personnel''' |
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*Lead vocals by [[Tom Smith (musician)|Tom Smith]] |
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!scope="col"|Chart (2007) |
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*Rhythm Guitar by Tom Smith. |
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*Piano by Tom Smith |
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*Lead Guitar and Synthesiser by [[Chris Urbanowicz]] |
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!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2007.pdf|title=The Official UK Singles Chart 2007|work=[[UKChartsPlus]]|accessdate=24 March 2019}}</ref> |
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*Bass Guitar by [[Russell Leetch]] |
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*Drums by [[Ed Lay]] |
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*Backing vocals by Russell Leetch,Ed Lay |
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'''Production''' |
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*Produced by Jacknife Lee |
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*Recorded by Tom McFall, Jon Gray, Jacknife Lee, Sam Bell |
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*Mixed by [[Cenzo Townsend]] |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==External links== |
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* {{MetroLyrics song|editors|smokers-outside-the-hospital-doors}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider --> |
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Latest revision as of 01:52, 22 May 2024
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| Single by Editors | ||||
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| Released | 18 June 2007 | |||
| Studio | Grouse Lodge (Rosemount, Ireland) | |||
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| Length | 4:57 | |||
| Label | Kitchenware | |||
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| Producer(s) | Jacknife Lee | |||
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"Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors" is the first single from English rock band Editors' second album, An End Has a Start (2007). It was released as a digital download on 11 June 2007 and as a physical single through CD and vinyl on 18 June 2007 in the United Kingdom. It peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart in its first week of physical release and became a moderate to minor hit in Belgium, Ireland, and the Netherlands. A single was also released in the US on 26 June 2007. The song was set to debut on Zane Lowe's show on 30 April; however, the song leaked on the internet a few days preceding.
Production
[edit]The song was recorded and produced at Grouse Lodge Studios, Ireland, under the supervision of producer Jacknife Lee. Lead vocals, rhythm guitar and piano were provided by Tom Smith, lead guitar and synth by Chris Urbanowicz, bass guitar by Russell Leetch and percussion by Ed Lay. Smith and Lay were also part of the choir, along with producer Jacknife Lee, audio engineer Tom McFall and singer Anne Struther, all of whom were chosen purely because they were in the studio at the time.[1][2] When performed live, the choir vocals are provided by Smith, Lay and Leetch, rather than using a pre-recorded backing track.[1]
Structure
[edit]The intro of the song is an unaccompanied drum beat played for 8 seconds, at which point the lead vocals and piano, both by Tom Smith, enter. The piano part plays a continual progression of three chords: G, C and E minor. At the end of the first verse, the piano is replaced by a short guitar solo, by Chris Urbanowicz, which continues the progression. The second verse returns to piano, which segues into a distorted rhythm guitar part for the chorus.
The chorus itself has two parts: the first part is four lines long and uses the chord progression of D, E minor, A minor, while the second part is two lines long, but repeated twice, and uses G, D, E minor, C. After the second chorus, the song enters a bridge, consisting of just piano and vocals, with a faint synthesised accompaniment. Following the end of the vocal part, the song moves into a break as a bass guitar enters, leading up to a reprise of the guitar solo, accompanied by a choir who repeat the lyrics of the bridge. The song ends with Smith singing the second part of the chorus, accompanied by the lead guitar, with an abrupt fade out on the final syllable.
Music video
[edit]The music video for "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors" was filmed in and around Prague on the Vltava,[3] and depicts, in a nonlinear manner, a young girl with the ability to walk on water escaping from a hospital, escaping via railway lines, a red light district and a Romani encampment to the river Vltava where she attempts to row away, only to run back across the water surface to avoid a police boat, all intercut with clips of Editors playing the song in an abandoned ship.[4] The video ends with Tom Smith at a dockyard meeting the girl, who runs away in fright.[5]
The woman that helps hide the runaway, presumably a prostitute (the woman), changes in appearance. The runaway's hood is alternately flipped up and down and the dog that runs with her might also be different in different scenes. This is all to signify that the runaway has escaped many times before.
The video was directed by Siggi Kinski and Stefán Árni Þorgeirsson of production company Arni & Kinski, who based the video on a bad childhood experience of a hospital.[6] The video was originally to be filmed in London. After this proved prohibitively expensive, production moved to Prague with an entirely new cast.[5]
Reception
[edit]Most initial reviews were positive: NME described the song as "audacious, certainly, and very good to boot", adding that "Editors have found their life force in death itself",[7] while MusicOMH stated that "at 5 minutes long it's worth every second."[8] However, some reviews were less favourable; Stereogum described the song as "mildly warmed over post-Coldplay arena rock" and described the percussion of the song as the "incessant, downbeat crash cymbal bashing of every band trying to sound 'big'."[9]
Track listings
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UK CD single (SKCD93)[10]
UK 7-inch single (SKX932)[11]
UK limited-edition 7-inch single (SKX93)[12]
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European CD single (P.I.L. 086CD)[13]
US CD single (88697 12171 2)[14]
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Credits and personnel
[edit]Credits are adapted from the US CD single and An End Has a Start liner notes.[14][15]
Studios
- Recorded and produced at Grouse Lodge Studios (Rosemount, Ireland)
- Mixed at Olympic Studios (London, England)
Personnel
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Charts
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Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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References
[edit]- ^ a b 6 Music presents Editors, BBC 6 Music. (Hub performance index). Retrieved on 28 June 2007.
- ^ An End Has a Start (Insert). Editors. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Kitchenware Records. 2007.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors – video exclusive". Sony BMG. Retrieved 20 May 2007.
- ^ "Editors Return With New Album + Video". Sony BMG. 5 June 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2007.
- ^ a b "Editors – Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors". Making the Video. 22 June 2007. MTV2 Europe.
- ^ "NME Chart Show". NME. 23 June 2007.
- ^ "NME Track reviews". NME. 26 May 2007.
- ^ "Editors - Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors". MusicOMH. Retrieved 28 June 2007.
- ^ "Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors". Stereogum. 2 May 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2007.
- ^ Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors (UK CD single liner notes). Editors. Kitchenware Records. 2007. SKCD93.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Editors. Kitchenware Records. 2007. SKX932.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors (UK limited 7-inch single sleeve). Editors. Kitchenware Records. 2007. SKX93.
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